Paper proposes splitting Bitcoin block rewards to curb fee-era forks
Analysis and simulation suggest an alpha split can suppress aggressive undercutting with less honest hash power than winner-take-all rewards.
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LNbits urges operators to shut down servers after attacks
LNbits urges all operators to shut down servers and disable the Paywall add-on while security fixes are prepared after attacks.
PHP2Shell vulnerability exploitable but impractical for unskilled attackers
Experiment on stealmybitcoin.com showed PHP2Shell drains Bitcoin wallets but required specific setup and only one of tens of thousands succeeded.
Bitcoin forensics dataset Elliptic++ has temporal leakage
Re-evaluation of Elliptic++ after correcting for temporal splits and feature definitions drops random forest F1 score on illicit class from 0.846 to 0.291.
BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet drains
Operators urged to shut down BTCPay Servers immediately after reports of Bitcoin hot wallet drains.
FBI seizes Virtualine domain over alleged criminal hosting
Prosecutors say the host kept a forum online after child-exploitation notices and took unhosted bitcoin.
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StealMyBitcoin CTF writeup posted for php2shell
The supplied feed text is only the word Comments, so no solution steps are available.
Paper proposes fixed-rate permissionless lending with repayment guarantees
Loans keep a fixed rate, and liquidation and shortfall odds are derived by treating collateral value as a random walk.
Hacker News links to Steal My Bitcoin CTF PoC
The available feed text gives only the title plus 44 points and 7 comments.
Steal My Bitcoin offers about $500 to the first successful hacker
The wallet is reachable by the PHP user through a print-flag binary, and operators say all traffic is logged.
On the Robustness of Gossip Protocols in Modern Blockchains
Study finds common blockchain gossip settings may fail to deliver quorum messages under realistic adversaries.
On-Chain Archaeology of Bitcoin Oracles: Evidence of Use under Limited Observability
Study reconstructs Bitcoin oracle use through July 2026 and finds public registries overstate activity.
Around 2-6% of World Bank foreign aid got siphoned into crypto wallets
NBER researchers estimate 2-6% of World Bank aid, roughly $1.7-4.4 billion, leaked into crypto wallets.
Duelbits Hot Wallet Hack Drains $7 Million, Forces Platform Offline
Duelbits confirmed a hot-wallet breach that drained about $7 million and took the casino offline.
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Duelbits Confirms $7 Million Hot-Wallet Hack, forcing Systems offline
Duelbits confirmed a roughly $7 million hot-wallet theft and took the crypto casino offline.
Sluice: Global Invariant, Local Enforcement for Pooled Payment-Channel Liquidity
Sluice proposes nested Lightning channel reservations that recover much of the liquidity lost to static quotas.
Security Limits of Mining Before Validation in Nakamoto Consensus
Paper quantifies how validation latency in Nakamoto consensus enables attacks that lure honest mining onto invalid branches.
Domain Specific Post Quantum Signatures for Blockchains
Researchers argue blockchains need domain-specific post-quantum signatures beyond NIST single-signer schemes.
Revolut Exposed KYC Data After Fraudulent Government Email Passed Security Checks
Revolut handed over KYC documents, selfies, and Bitcoin transaction histories to attackers after a fraudulent email from a genuine government domain passed authentication checks.
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Alby Hub Critical Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Internet-Exposed Bitcoin Wallets
Alby warns a critical flaw in internet-exposed Alby Hub Bitcoin wallets (v1.7.0–v1.18.5) could allow takeover and fund theft; update to v1.24.0.
Hackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network, Then Return Most of It
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to drain about 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network's federation wallet, then returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream patched.
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‘White hat’ hackers take $47 million bounty after $320 million crypto theft
Hackers withdrew $320 million in bitcoin from Liquid Network, negotiated on-chain, returned $266.5 million and kept a $47 million reward.
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Hackers Return $263 Million Stolen From Liquid Network
Hackers drain roughly 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network federation wallet, then return 3,400 BTC with ~598 BTC still outstanding.
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Liquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to take ~4,000 BTC from Liquid Network, returned 3,400 BTC (~$265M), and still hold ~598.5 BTC (~$47M).
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